8 features that could've made the HTC One A9 a better smartphone

posted by Paul K. / Oct 20, 2015, 12:59 PM

After all the leaks and rumors, the HTC One A9 is now official. And it certainly has come out to be something entirely different from the Aero we first heard about some months ago. It doesn't shock with a deca-core MediaTek Helio, and it doesn't rock HTC's signature stereo speakers. It does, however, look shiny and smooth in its refined metal construction, not to mention that it comes with the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.

Basically, at least on paper, the HTC One A9 is a phone that has its own upsides and downsides. We dug in to find the things that would've made this smartphone a smidgen better for us, and came up with a list of 9 gripes. Check them out and let us know what else you would've liked to see in the HTC One A9 that is just not there.

posted on Oct 20, 2015, 2:45 PM 0

Posts: 292; Member since: Feb 08, 2015

Sure i know about this technology,but no one has ever used it,no one. So its irrelevant to take it as disadvantage when its not even available. Same goes to that new wire fingerprint sensor,its here since CES and no one used it,but you are not mentioning it as disadvantage in any phone.

posted on Oct 20, 2015, 3:11 PM 0

Posts: 4; Member since: Feb 16, 2016

Dude, you said wireless charging is impossible with an all-metal body. paul.k and tywanjames both disproved your statement. Whether it's been implemented or not is irrelevant, Qualcomm has devised how to do it, so your statement that it's impossible is wrong.

posted on Oct 20, 2015, 3:21 PM 0

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posted on Oct 20, 2015, 3:40 PM 0

Posts: 1; Member since: Oct 20, 2015

Getting really sick of people making this silly claim that HTC cloned Apple's iPhone 6 design.
Do your research. HTC released the One M7 (Apr. 2013) and M8 (Mar. 2014) long before Apple announced the iPhone 6 (Sept 2014). Go Google images of the M7 and M8 next to an iPhone 6 and if you aren't blind you'll see my point.
If anyone copied someone, it was Apple who copied HTC, not the other way around. They copied the solid metal unibody design and the antennae strips on top and bottom.

posted on Feb 16, 2016, 8:38 PM 0

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posted on Oct 21, 2015, 11:33 AM 0

Posts: 37; Member since: Mar 20, 2013

I don't care about bezels or logo's position.
For me IR blaster is a "need", and lack of this, for me, is a "No".
As long as you make phones without IR blaster, I'm not buying anything! Even if it will be the best mid-range or flagship phone.

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